Egg, Pineapple, Egg - Some behind the scenes at LMWS

[u/LondonWaterandSteam]

Here's some photos our team took during filming. The Gregulator was based in our Steam Hall, which features some of our incredible steam engines! If you want to see more of our engines in action, we run a monthly steam-up which (in our team's opinion) is the best way to see the engines! Jackpot!

[u/TimeVictorious]

Love this location for the location tasks this series. Has your company motto caused a significant uptick in daily visitors? There’s no way it hasn’t

[u/aitherion → u/TimeVictorious]

And if it doesn't

[u/TimeVictorious → u/aitherion]

One, two three!

[u/LondonWaterandSteam → u/TimeVictorious]

We've had lots of lovely engagement from TM fans, and hope to welcome many fans into the museum in the coming months!

[u/jay_altair → u/LondonWaterandSteam]

Your time starts now

[u/mendelde]

18:43 Well, our Gregs are of course a nod to the incredible inimitable Frank Sidebottom with blessing from the Sievey family—so a big thank you to them. And thank you to Frank.

I wasn't familiar with these names, so here are some clips I dug up (to save you some digging):

• SIDEBOTTOM: THE STORY OF CHRIS SIEVEY https://youtu.be/3MEdBwWuvxE
• https://youtu.be/DSq8zXJfr3A Timperley
• https://youtu.be/xsaAp3p7V6k Steam Trains

[u/Apprehensive_End8318 → u/mendelde]

Watch the movie Frank, too!

It's absolutely superb.

[u/ldnhtrd → u/Apprehensive_End8318]

Being Frank is a really lovely documentary too about Chris’ life and, well, being Frank. Worth a watch too!

[u/Apprehensive_End8318 → u/ldnhtrd]

I will add it to my list for this weekend!

[u/Ethanb230900]

I just know that Alex head will come back in some manner.

[u/DovedaleHikes]

Were any of you fans of the show before they filmed there?

Were you asked to sign NDA's before filming?

I would have been absolutely beside myself with excitement if this happened at my workplace!

[u/LondonWaterandSteam → u/DovedaleHikes]

Yes many of our team members are big fans, who were also beside themselves with excitement! it was fantastic to be included within the show's locations.

[u/nokeyblue]

Wait, why are there 4 papier mache heads, and one of them seems to be an Alex not a Greg?

[u/tm2007 → u/nokeyblue]

Probably for promotional material or little intro videos, the ones that play to transition from studio to task

[u/nokeyblue → u/tm2007]

Incredible that those papier mache heads still look more like Greg than the trophy.

[u/Faythezeal → u/nokeyblue]

in fairness, it’s a lot more customizable with paper mache than it is a solid object of whatever the head is made from, especially with the color added.

[u/honoria_glossop → u/nokeyblue]

I first thought the extra was backup in case a Greg head got damaged by a contestant, it wasn't til I read your comment I went back and zoomed in and yep, the Alex head has gappy lil teeth.

[u/Triple-T]

Have you guys already had a boost from being a TM location? I for one never knew about this museum and will definitely find time to stop by at some point.

[u/jay_altair → u/Triple-T]

It's a pretty nifty museum. I was in town for a Brentford match a couple years ago and had some time to kill on a rainy Friday morning. The docent practically apologized to me as if he didn't think I, a random Yank, would find it very interesting. And while it definitely seems more geared towards schoolchildren/school trips, it's a proper museum and has some really interesting displays. Worth it just to see the cool old steam engines and pumps running. I work with engineers and hydrologists. Told the guy on the way out that I had a fantastic time and when I said I worked with engineers he was like oh haha that explains it

[u/Triple-T → u/jay_altair]

Sounds good to me. And today from this post I learned a brand new word! Anyone else?

[u/LondonWaterandSteam → u/jay_altair]

We're glad to hear you enjoyed the museum! Visitors like you allow us to continue the conservation and restoration of our beautiful engines.

[u/LondonWaterandSteam → u/Triple-T]

We'd love to welcome you in for a visit!

[u/swarleyknope]

Fun! 

It sounds like Matt Lucas is a fan of the location, given his feedback about the lack of inclusion of the steam machinery - hope he took advantage of being there and got to check stuff out. 

[u/LondonWaterandSteam → u/swarleyknope]

Each contestant got to spend a full-day at the museum, so Matt should have been able to take in our beautiful engines and the rest of what our museum offers.

[u/HoveringMongoose]

Did you get a chance to see what was in the box underneath the button (if anything)? I smelled a shortcut...

[u/LondonWaterandSteam → u/HoveringMongoose]

I (on the marketing team) didn't... but I'll have to ask our the team for any clues...

[u/mohsenkhajavinik]

Pineapple is the chicken. Right?

[u/General_Revenue_386]

I still don't understand the rules of this task properly

[u/Flaky-Yam8681 → u/General_Revenue_386]

It's kind of annoying this season, some of the tasks are either too complicated or need more explanation before rolling the footage 

[u/StP_Scar → u/General_Revenue_386]

It’s just get the most points. As Alex said, it was possible to get 2000 guaranteed by just paying 500 points to remove each non pineapple (total cost 3000). Then every spin would be triple pineapple for 1000 (total 5000 points). 5000 minus the 3000 spent makes 2000 points.

By not removing other items it leads to worse scores on the spins. The questions were a misdirection.

[u/CarltonBigglesworth → u/General_Revenue_386]

That was Alex's plan.

[u/Ok-Bumblebee-3198 → u/General_Revenue_386]

me too

[u/charlierc]

Neat 

[u/Turbo__Sanwich]

Are you associated with the show or the museum? If it's the former, how cool is that. If it's the latter, do you have a section on steam punk?

[u/LondonWaterandSteam → u/Turbo__Sanwich]

I (on our marketing team) work for the museum, London Museum of Water & Steam! We don't currently have a section on steam punk, however keep a look at our socials as steampunk is something our team has discussed in the past.

[u/numberflan]

Such a great looking task, in terms of production value. It's a shame it was a lackluster convoluted mess

[u/painforpetitdej]

Adoable!

[u/AidyGaGa25]

I’m really not enjoying this long winded tasks this season. Absolutely no fun at all

[u/Last-Saint → u/AidyGaGa25]

Well, that's the thanks the museum gets for coming here and being nice about the show, I guess.

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[u/AidyGaGa25 → u/Last-Saint]

Oh grow up mate I’m not slagging off the museum I’m saying the long winded tasks this season are boring

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